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My predictions for augmented reality in 2019

The Ghost Howls

Jokes apart, what has happened in AR in 2018… and what can you expect to happen in 2019? Augmented Reality in 2018. More or less AR in 2018 has gone as I predicted in 2017. Leap Motion. You may ask why I’m adding Leap Motion here. Leap Motion, as I have said, has not a solid situation.

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HTC Announces Vive Standalone For The Chinese Market

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Earlier this year HTC became an official partner with Google in producing a Daydream-based standalone VR headset under the Vive brand. It looks like it will access HTC’s storefront, called Viveport, to get to virtual worlds rather than Google Play. ” More details to come on purchase models when we get closer to release.”

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Best VR Headsets 2018/2019

Delight XR

Motion tracking is either done by the smartphone’s sensors or built-in headset sensors; thus, there are no cables hindering free movement. The great thing is, one can start for as cheap as fifteen bucks with the simplest headset from Google (Cardboard). Google Daydream View. Google Cardboard. April 2018.

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VR Bound Announces Nominees For Inaugural 2017 VR Awards

VRScout

So much so that organizers are already taking registered interests for 2018. Google – Daydream View. Leap MotionLeap Motion. Google – Tilt Brush. GoogleGoogle Earth VR. Google – Tabel. Starbreeze – StarVR. Merge VR – Goggles.

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Vive Focus to Get 6DOF Controller Mode, Optical Hand-tracking for Gesture Input

Road to VR

Today at its Vive Ecosystem Conference 2018 in China, HTC said that the 3DOF Vive Focus controller will see a 6DOF mode, and further said that the headset will soon include controller-less hand-tracking for gesture input. 3DOF to 6DOF Controller Upgrade.

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2019 AR Funding Exceeds $1.3 Billion

AR Insider

in 2018 and $1.82 — Magic Leap, the top-funded company, raised $280 million compared to $1.25 billion in 2018 and $502 million in 2017. — There were some high-profile flameouts in 2019, including Meta, ODG and Daqri, while others exited below previous funding totals (a veritable down-round), including Leap Motion.

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Best VR Headsets in 2018

VeeR VR

According to Chris Pruet, Oculus’ Head of Development Engineering, mentioned at GDC 2018, the headset’s thermal design allows the processor to run at higher clock rates than any device he’s seen before. Google Cardboard ($15) . It was first distributed to attendants at the 2014 Google I/O meeting as a gift.